so my nook tablet is rooted with indirects method
i have no idea what happened or why...
its been rooted since i got it a week before Christmas
when i picked it up it was hot as hell
now that its cooled off the back isnt stuck to whatever inside it. when i squeeze it it kinda clicks
i cant get it to turn on now the screen is just black and nothing happens when i connect to a computer either
any idea of why this happened. its not overcloked.
do you think i can return it to the store?
Jario said:
so my nook tablet is rooted with indirects method
i have no idea what happened or why...
its been rooted since i got it a week before Christmas
when i picked it up it was hot as hell
now that its cooled off the back isnt stuck to whatever inside it. when i squeeze it it kinda clicks
i cant get it to turn on now the screen is just black and nothing happens when i connect to a computer either
any idea of why this happened. its not overcloked.
do you think i can return it to the store?
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Try to boot it up a few times over the next day or so, if it still doesn't turn on go to B&N. This is a hardware failure and is fully covered by the warranty. If it does turn on, then flash it back to 1.4.0 and take it in.
Jario said:
so my nook tablet is rooted with indirects method
i have no idea what happened or why...
its been rooted since i got it a week before Christmas
when i picked it up it was hot as hell
now that its cooled off the back isnt stuck to whatever inside it. when i squeeze it it kinda clicks
i cant get it to turn on now the screen is just black and nothing happens when i connect to a computer either
any idea of why this happened. its not overcloked.
do you think i can return it to the store?
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When you plug it into the wall charger, does the USB cable turn yellow like it is charging the Nook?
Have you tried pressing power and both volume buttons at the same time for a few seconds? I have had something similar happen to me and that fixed it.
thanks for the advise,
it turned on after awile but im afraid its going to happen again.
do you think if i call B&N and tell them it over heated they will replace it with a new one?
also can you flash it to 1.4.0/1 if it doesnt turn on or show up on the computer (for future reference)
the power cord did turn yellow just in case you were wondering...
Jario said:
thanks for the advise,
it turned on after awile but im afraid its going to happen again.
do you think if i call B&N and tell them it over heated they will replace it with a new one?
also can you flash it to 1.4.0/1 if it doesnt turn on or show up on the computer (for future reference)
the power cord did turn yellow just in case you were wondering...
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I would have the exact same fear if I had, what is clearly, a defective device. You can easily flash 1.4.0 with an SD card and some method by which to alter the data on that SD card. A phone or card reader would work perfectly.
Here is the link to the 1.4.0 restoration thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402190
Barnes and Noble is obligated to replace or repair your device, per the warranty.
Unroot it and factory restore it. If they won't exchange it then just tell them you are returning it under the holiday return policy.
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Jario said:
so my nook tablet is rooted with indirects method
when i squeeze it it kinda clicks
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I'm not a Nook scientist, though I'm guessing your battery might be the culprit. Rapid discharge is a known issue with lithium-based batteries, which usually causes the battery to explode or balloon out. It's possible that your battery bulged a little bit either due to manufacturer defect or possible introduction of moisture, explaining the "clicking" issue that occurs now.
If my crazy theory sounds remotely like what is happening, I'd highly suggest getting your Nook Tablet back to a 1.4.0 (better at 1.4.1 if you can keep it on long enough) state and swapped at the store. Simply explain it was charging and it got really hot and now clicks when you press on the screen.
This is an extreme example, though here is a picture gallery I found of an iPhone with a bulged-out battery: http://imgur.com/a/D2lyT#4
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Unroot it and factory restore it. If they won't exchange it then just tell them you are returning it under the holiday return policy.
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thanks for all your guys help
i got it back to 1.4.0 and im going to return it today under the holiday return policy then buy that bad boy again =D
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anyone else have any defect issues? Video of defect
Mine now has this ghost image of the home screen on everything else. Especially noticeable when pressing the N button to generate the nook menu. It almost looks like the home screen image is burned in, but I know now this is not true because the ghost image changes as I change what is on the home screen. I even tried unrooting, suspecting it had something to do with root or new script and it occurred when I unrooted too, but not until I sideloaded an app... was very sporadic. I might take some pics for yall to see and then exchange it tomorrow... Dunno.
Updated 12/12/11 After filming the above video I have now come to the conclusion that the ghost image is of anything on the screen that is left there for a few minutes, not just the home screen. It clears after turning off and on and then reappears and gets worse again. I took it back to barnes and noble, they didnt ask if it was rooted and didnt even require me to show them the defect, immediately exchanged with receipt. They have plenty of stock too and selling tons they said.
Have you try hard reset? 8 failed boot method?
could have sworn the unroot method does the same thing...
succulent said:
Have you try hard reset? 8 failed boot method?
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I would try this if I were you. It fixed some of my screen issues a few weeks ago.
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I would love to see some pics of the screen problem you are having. I haven't seen any like it with the NT, actually, I haven't seen any defects at all with the NT.
I had a green stuck pixel that was fixed with a factory reset as well; bizarre. It could have been the rapid shutdown/restart cycle, I guess.
zmobie said:
I had a green stuck pixel that was fixed with a factory reset as well; bizarre. It could have been the rapid shutdown/restart cycle, I guess.
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This is the problem that I was having.
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r2tbone said:
I would love to see some pics of the screen problem you are having. I haven't seen any like it with the NT, actually, I haven't seen any defects at all with the NT.
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just uploaded video of defect, link on front post.
albertwertz said:
anyone else have any defect issues? I took it back to barnes and noble, they didnt ask if it was rooted and didnt even require me to show them the defect, immediately exchanged with receipt. They have plenty of stock too and selling tons they said.
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You got VERY lucky. They took mine into the back room for 1/2 an hour when I was complaining of the back making a sticky noise. They handed it back and said I had to do the exchange online (without any explanation).
Turns out they took it back there to look for a rooted device even though it was a hardware issue.
After taking it back a week later, they said I now own the device since they seen it was rooted the first time I took it in - no fix, no exchange and gave me the theft prevention phone number like I was trying to rip them off...
So now I booted the system with OOBE, rooted it, removed all their apps and have a nice little device used to move the community forward without any props to them.
I have seen others report that the battery went down quickly when OOBE'd but once you remove their apps, it holds up very well.
Just a word of warning. The app to remove the root, is quick and easy...
tkramer, yes, that is true and I did have mine unrooted before I took it back, just incase.
Thanks for posting the video, I was able to see the ghosting image well from your video and I can't see any reason that a replacement couldn't be issued on an unrooted device.
@tkramer He was not lucky, he was smart enough to know that you can't try and get a replacement on a rooted device. Rooting a device voids the warranty.
It seems that they tried to give you a chance to return it online because, once the tech sees that it is rooted, he or she can't do anything with it. If that tech were to exchange your device they would have lost their job once the device was known to be rooted. This would have been found out when the tech sends it back to be repaired and inspected if it could be used as a certified pre-owned or used as a demo unit and ultimately traced back to the tech who issued the return.
I returned the first two NTs I got, one had a dead/stuck pixel and the second had a strange clicky noise when squeezing the bottom of the tablet. I returned both before I rooted them becuase I noticed the defects almost right away.
The first return they just opened the box and turned it on to make sure it worked and handed me a new one. The second return the guy didn't even turn the nook on, he just opened the box to make sure it was in there and then gave me a new one.
I guess some stores are less strict about exchanging them.
OK so my friend dropped her sgs 2 today. Now the screen won't work
It won't power on and can't access download and recovery modes. Would a USB jig help at all or is she a paperwieght?
Didn't think that it might be because the screen is dead?
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thteddieboii said:
OK so my friend dropped her sgs 2 today. Now the screen won't work
It won't power on and can't access download and recovery modes. Would a USB jig help at all or is she a paperwieght?
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if the screen is not working, it can be replaced.. jig would not help if the problem is with the screen..still the phone is under warranty?
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Thanks guys
Thinking it might be the screen cause it does warm up when it charges..
Guess its not the screen! Doesnt make any sounds whatsoever.. just heats up during charging thats it.. can i save this phone or is she dead? picking it up today or tommorow to see if i can fix it.
cheers for helping guys xD.
Same issue from a lend out phone at JB Hifi
Having the same issue only the phone is a spare lend out phone from JB Hifi while my SGS2 i9100T, which I purchased about a week ago brand new, is in for a screen assessment (bad blue tint) just so I can get a refund. I powered up the lend out phone no problems, worked for a while then stopped working, won't power up or anything. Download, recovery, usb jig, battery out 5 mins, battery charged seperately in charger, phone is dead.
Shame on you JB Hifi Canberra!
Shades of **** Smith's new *coughsReturneDcoughs* external hard drives
Wish I had a fix for you Unfortunately, given it's a loan phone, you're a bit limited so far as flashing something else goes (I wouldn't risk it, put it that way).
Slither2006 said:
Having the same issue only the phone is a spare lend out phone from JB Hifi while my SGS2 i9100T, which I purchased about a week ago brand new, is in for a screen assessment (bad blue tint) just so I can get a refund. I powered up the lend out phone no problems, worked for a while then stopped working, won't power up or anything. Download, recovery, usb jig, battery out 5 mins, battery charged seperately in charger, phone is dead.
Shame on you JB Hifi Canberra!
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It could be a problem with a faulty SD card - Remove it and try and switch on.
It could be a problem with the screen - If any of the key-lights come on, then that is likely the problem.
It could be a problem with a very flat battery - I had this problem with an old HTC. The solution was to remove the battery, plug in the phone to the charger (not USB to computer), leave it for a couple of minutes, plug in the battery and leave for a couple of hours. Finally try and power it on.
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Shades of **** Smith's new *coughsReturneDcoughs* external hard drives
Wish I had a fix for you Unfortunately, given it's a loan phone, you're a bit limited so far as flashing something else goes (I wouldn't risk it, put it that way).
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Turned out that the "loan phone" they gave me was a returned faulty phone from a previous customer. They gave it to me simply to shut me up!!! I came back the next morning and confronted them and they gave me a motorola defy loan phone????!!!!! I swear they will bend over backwards to avoid having to refund a phone. He asked another sales person why it was returned and was told that the phone was randomly powering down!!!!!! I asked them what happened regarding the previous customer and the store person said JB lost that claim and had to give in to the customers request(whatever that was). That gives me evidence that a refund at JB may exist?
Yeah ? That's disgraceful And Australian retailers honestly wonder why Australian consumers avoid buying from them at every possible opportunity. There's one more reason right there.
**** em. If a phone starts playing up badly within a week like that, the retailer should replace it no questions asked. At the end of the day they're going to be reimbursed by Samsung, them doing the right thing like that just saves you the grief of having to go thru hoops with Samsung.
And given they couldn't/wouldn't do that with you in the first instance, I'd demand a "decent" lend phone i.e a brand new SGS2 (which they should have given you in the first place). If they refuse to play ball, make a scene in front of other customers. Get management involved. Threaten them with consumer affairs, etc.
Slither2006 said:
Turned out that the "loan phone" they gave me was a returned faulty phone from a previous customer. They gave it to me simply to shut me up!!! I came back the next morning and confronted them and they gave me a motorola defy loan phone????!!!!! I swear they will bend over backwards to avoid having to refund a phone. He asked another sales person why it was returned and was told that the phone was randomly powering down!!!!!! I asked them what happened regarding the previous customer and the store person said JB lost that claim and had to give in to the customers request(whatever that was). That gives me evidence that a refund at JB may exist?
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I have a similar issue
Hello, Im not sure if i am having the excact same issue, but this thread seemed similar to what im expereincing.
i bought a S2 6 days ago, reached into my pocket today to find my Display wont turn on.
did some standard stuff, power cycled.
removed the battery, soft and hard reset.
i got the screen to work for a second when i booted into download mode and it prompted to confirm this is what i wanted to do, but otherwsie the screen seems dead. when i power it on, nothing happenson the screen.
did i somehow like turn my brightness to 0? or like turn off the display?
i dunno i just upgraded from a Galaxy Spica, so im not super familiar with the handset yet.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
dpaterso said:
Hello, Im not sure if i am having the excact same issue, but this thread seemed similar to what im expereincing.
i bought a S2 6 days ago, reached into my pocket today to find my Display wont turn on.
did some standard stuff, power cycled.
removed the battery, soft and hard reset.
i got the screen to work for a second when i booted into download mode and it prompted to confirm this is what i wanted to do, but otherwsie the screen seems dead. when i power it on, nothing happenson the screen.
did i somehow like turn my brightness to 0? or like turn off the display?
i dunno i just upgraded from a Galaxy Spica, so im not super familiar with the handset yet.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
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if you can get into download mode, then flash stock fw using odin.. otherwise go to service center...
hope you have warranty..
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For the past week or so I have noticed my S2 getting slower, lower signal, freezing more and other things. I am running stock rooted.
Earlier this week I had no signal and 3 people next to me all three on AT&T had full bars. I used to have the same amount of bars as others on AT&T. When I do have full bars my data is a lot slower than it was when I first got the phone.
My phone has also been crashing and freezing a lot. A few days ago I would have to reset my phone about every 30 minutes when listing to music on both Amazon MP3 and the stock music app. Both would freeze, my screen would go black and I could not do anything.
Over the past two weeks or so I have had to reset my phone several times because the touch buttons stopped working.
I also have had a new voice mail notification for over 2 weeks but I do not have a new one.
Right now if I plug my S2 into my computer nothing happens, no charge, no nothing. When it used to work I never had an option for mass storage/kies, is this normal?
I'm sure I have had other glitches but that's all I can think of right now.
That my friend, is why you shouldn't drop your phone. It's hard on em...
Lol JK..
Have tried a fresh flash of return to stock?
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I had some (but not all) of those issues on my captivate when my sim card was bad. If a flash to stock doesn't help go to an att store and swap Sims, next stop warranty replacent.
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Yep warranty is the route i would go
Do I need to unroot for a warranty replacement or will they not care?
I think the consensus is, they won't notice anything other than the water indicators, or physical damage. But, with it only taking a moment to do its worth the effort in the off chance they check and charge you full retail for the phone.
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Well, I guess I will try a reflash of stock first.
Just an hour ago my phone keeps thinking it is charging in a dock. The plug in noise plays, the battery meter changes to charging and my clock app opens. After like 5 seconds it realizes it is not in a dock.
zenopzz said:
Well, I guess I will try a reflash of stock first.
Just an hour ago my phone keeps thinking it is charging in a dock. The plug in noise plays, the battery meter changes to charging and my clock app opens. After like 5 seconds it realizes it is not in a dock.
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Any debris stuck in the charge port? Sounds like warranty replacement is going to be your route. When you combine all those issues, its hard to see it any other solution.
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quarlow said:
Any debris stuck in the charge port? Sounds like warranty replacement is going to be your route. When you combine all those issues, its hard to see it any other solution.
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Yep, starting to sound similar to myself and several others here who had USB port hardware failures. Warranty replacement.
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I'm just going to get a warranty replacement. Now the touch screen is barley working. Why is everything going wrong all of the sudden? Perfect phone for like 3 months then boom everything goes bad.
Yep
This definitely sounds like the USB port gone funky.
Mine would randomly wake itself up. Trigger driving mode and v-lingo by itself. Think the the PC cable was plugging itself in an out.
Hard crash while sleeping which required the very long power button press to wake back up.
Initially they wanted me to try a new battery. That didn't work so now I have a 2nd battery and a new GS2.
Check my thread in the Q&A section.
I returned to stock. Decremented the flash count. And did a complete wipe. That was enough to stop the crashes but not the random USB wakes.
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What are the chances I will have 2.3.6 on my replacement?
EDIT: Ok there has to be something more than just a USB jack problem. I just unlocked my phone and the screen was upside down and full brightness then froze. Had to pull the battery and reboot.
Just woke up late to find that my phone can not charge and was using its last bit of battery power to put it self in a endless boot loop. Turns on, battery low notification, turns off, turns on, battery low notification, turns off, and so on. Im assuming there is no way to back up my apps and run root at this point? haha
My automatic Titanium backup apparently saved to the phone and not SD card. How can I get it off the phone if the phone can't boot?
Buy an external battery charger or get the phone into usb download mode and leave it there for an hour or 2 to charge. (with it connected to your pc)
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What are the chances I will have 2.3.6 on my replacement?
EDIT: Ok there has to be something more than just a USB jack problem. I just unlocked my phone and the screen was upside down and full brightness then froze. Had to pull the battery and reboot.
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The phone I received at the Support Center had 2.3.4.
On the drive home from the store, 2.3.6 put itself onto the brand new phone.
Personally, I'd AVOID 2.3.4 until the BlueTooth Keyboard issue is resolved.
That is unless you'll never need BlueTooth HID.
I can also say for sure that 2.3.6 (edit was 2.3.4) makes ROM swaps and rooting trickier in general.
My 2 cents.
iqak said:
The phone I received at the Support Center had 2.3.4.
On the drive home from the store, 2.3.6 put itself onto the brand new phone.
Personally, I'd AVOID 2.3.4 until the BlueTooth Keyboard issue is resolved.
That is unless you'll never need BlueTooth HID.
I can also say for sure that 2.3.4 makes ROM swaps and rooting trickier in general.
My 2 cents.
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Do you mean to say to avoid 2.3.6?
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Sorry yes. I would avoid 2.3.6.
I'd go so far as to say, freeze / disable the OTA and stay on 2.3.4 until the consensus determines that the waters are safe again. With the inclusion of killing my bluetooth keyboard, I did not notice an gains in my normal usage.
I have felt more issues on 2.3.6, than I had on 2.3.4.
2.3.4 seemed easier to root. ROM's seemed easier to flash, etc.
Now, I did pony up for the physical jig, the flash counter was never a concern of mine.
Mobile Odin appears to be a very mice addition to our tool list.
I wish I understood the program more intimately. Perhaps I've missed a usage guide along the way. Ulitimately I used it to load CWM. After that, its wasj ust ClockWorkMod to load another ROM.
Replacement just arrived. Time to root and titanium backup. Hopefully AT&T doesn't catch the root on my old phone.
Also, my Dad's S2 is ready for the 2.3.6 update and keeps telling him to update. He does not want me too root his phone and freeze the update, is there another way to stop it?
As in really bricked.
It was working all day, used it as a sat nav on the way home from work, when I got home took it out my pocket and tried to turn it on. Nothing, the notification LED was pulsing white but no reaction from the screen or capacitive buttons.
Pulled battery, plugged back in with no reaction. Tried another battery, nothing. Plugged in, nothing.
It's still within warranty so I've arranged for samsung to fix it, which they are happy to do. Only problem is, is the flash counter is probably > 100 and I have no way of resetting it.
1/ Considering I get no reaction from the phone at all, I'm guessing a jig is no good to me.
2/ Are samsung likely to notice or care that it is currently running CM 10 (probably yesterdays or the day befores nightly)
So is the device completely non responsive?? If so then Samsung will just wipe and flash the device in whatever way they do so. I really wouldn't worry about the flash counter buddy
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As in really bricked.
It was working all day, used it as a sat nav on the way home from work, when I got home took it out my pocket and tried to turn it on. Nothing, the notification LED was pulsing white but no reaction from the screen or capacitive buttons.
Pulled battery, plugged back in with no reaction. Tried another battery, nothing. Plugged in, nothing.
It's still within warranty so I've arranged for samsung to fix it, which they are happy to do. Only problem is, is the flash counter is probably > 100 and I have no way of resetting it.
1/ Considering I get no reaction from the phone at all, I'm guessing a jig is no good to me.
2/ Are samsung likely to notice or care that it is currently running CM 10 (probably yesterdays or the day befores nightly)
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1. A jig may still work and probably worth the little money trying.
2. Samsung will care and generally won't help you if you flashed a custom rom....unless you get someone who doesn't know what they are doing....which is very possible. At worse they will send your phone back as they received it.
Let us know how things go on.
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1. A jig may still work and probably worth the little money trying.
2. Samsung will care and generally won't help you if you flashed a custom rom....unless you get someone who doesn't know what they are doing....which is very possible. At worse they will send your phone back as they received it.
Let us know how things go on.
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Thanks, I was going to go and buy the bits to make one, but found one on ebay for 99p so I'll try that.
I'm not too fussed if samsung notice and refuse to fix it, it is possible that it was something I have done to it has borked it, even though I hadn't flashed anything new for a couple of days. Besides, I knew that rooting and flashing invalidates the warranty, for good reason, they are perfectly in their rights to refuse. If they tell me it will be a charge to fix it I will pay it (as long as it's not too extortionate).
I bought the phone on November 2012. I dont remember what rom it had but it was stock. Also rooted. Last 2 months it was too laggy and was draining the battery too fast...Also i noticed that it did a few reboots by itself...
So suddenly a few days ago it just died. It was in my pocket so it wasnt charging...
It does nothing. Showing zero response. I tried power button, power button+volupe up/down, home button with power up...nothing.
I plug the charger and it does nothing. Plug it to Ubuntu also nothing...
So by some searching i saw that there is a sudden death problem with S3s...I also saw that some people claim they fixed it by pluggin a usb flash drive with a rom or an sdcard with a rom...I am not sure if those are legit.
So are those legit or not? Any links? Thanks.
P.S. Exackly because it died that particular day it cost me like 1000 dollars just because i couldnt log in. So i hope at least i wont be needing a new phone. I have a warranty but because it is rooted and also i have a small crack at the up left corner of the glass i guess its void although i will try it if anything else fails...
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I bought the phone on November 2012. I dont remember what rom it had but it was stock. Also rooted. Last 2 months it was too laggy and was draining the battery too fast...Also i noticed that it did a few reboots by itself...
So suddenly a few days ago it just died. It was in my pocket so it wasnt charging...
It does nothing. Showing zero response. I tried power button, power button+volupe up/down, home button with power up...nothing.
I plug the charger and it does nothing. Plug it to Ubuntu also nothing...
So by some searching i saw that there is a sudden death problem with S3s...I also saw that some people claim they fixed it by pluggin a usb flash drive with a rom or an sdcard with a rom...I am not sure if those are legit.
So are those legit or not? Any links? Thanks.
P.S. Exackly because it died that particular day it cost me like 1000 dollars just because i couldnt log in. So i hope at least i wont be needing a new phone. I have a warranty but because it is rooted and also i have a small crack at the up left corner of the glass i guess its void although i will try it if anything else fails...
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Sounds like sds to me. So you can't get into download or recovery modes?
If not then there is no reason why you can't get warranty because they can't check to see if its been modified or not.
As i said i have also a small crack on the upper left corner of the screen, actually not the screen but the glass so thats what i am afraid most. But yeah i guess i will have to send it to them and see.
So if it doesn't open no matter what it means its dead for good? I am asking because of some videos i watched plugging in some kind of usb drive...
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As i said i have also a small crack on the upper left corner of the screen, actually not the screen but the glass so thats what i am afraid most. But yeah i guess i will have to send it to them and see.
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I don't no about your country's return policy's but the crack shouldn't matter. Just explain the crack has been there for years and been working fine.
The worst they can say is no its not covered by warranty.
So if it doesn't open no matter what it means its dead for good? I am asking because of some videos i watched plugging in some kind of usb drive...
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I shall only focus on the first bit and ingnore the rest.
If you cannot boot the rom they can't see whats on it or been watched. I might suggest that this could be the reason why it died.